His onefourthofacentury tenure on the Supreme Court. rich In the memorable contributions he made to law and thought. may have caused many to forget his earlier. long. effective service to government. first before he became a professor at Harvard Law School. and then through the following academic years when he guided hundreds of able young men into public service. Excepting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. it may be ventured that no one did more to make the New Deal effective than did Felix Frankfurter although holding then no public office. His record is all the more remarkable in that when he arrived in this country as an immigrant youngster at the age of 11. he had never heard a word of English spoken. His was another example of the miracle of America which makes it possible for people coming from the Old World. fleeing from its restrictions and persecutions. to achieve happiness and greatness in this land of freedom. promise. and opportunity. For. with only a public school education in New York City and City College.
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